seasoned greetings Marsha m'dear,
> By 'conscious of Quality' I mean awareness. Tricky things, these words we use. "conscious of" as opposed to "awareness" - but not "awareness of" means that Quality is the object of consciousness but not of awareness? I guess i could step back now and let you untangle that for me, but it seems beside the point. Mine, anyway; which is the fundamental basis of reality being a sort of "right way of stroking the cat's fur" that I don't feel a lot of concordance upon. > Awareness is a good thing. Patterns are patterns, they are here and gone, > here and gone, here and gone. Awareness is more than just words, and I find > dwelling in awareness an improvement, not utopia, but an improvement. > for me, I often prefer oblivion. Sleep. Drugs. Alcohol or the small death of knowing that comes when I do. Sometimes, for me anyway, awareness is just a big drag. So much sorrow, so much sadness and so much wrong. It's more fun being stupid, ignorant and blind, I swear. Maybe sometimes its better to be aware, but not often. > > It can be a time of year with too many expectations demanding attention. > The expectations are just patterns too. The crap we are in is a cluster of > patterns. > > Why is there so much joyous recognition in my soul over this gloomy misanthropic sneer at all the who's down in whoville who like christmas a lot? Why when Ebenezer goes "bah humbug" I go, "hell ya!" deep down inside? If it's just a bad response on my part, then why the artistic creations which objectify it for me and offer it on display? Somebody somewhere knows what I'm talking about. > > I like to celebrate Yule by stringing cranberries, popcorn and sunflower > seeds on a tree for the birds. And Yule represents the rebirth of the sun; > the days start to get longer. > > I haven't always been tuned to the phases of the moon, but I do know and honor my solstices. I was hoping that some sort of week-long Native ceremony would be my excuse to avoid Christmas this year but it looks like they're holding it to just this weekend in order to avoid conflicting with people's work schedules. Oh well. We play the cards as they're dealt us, right? Take Care, John > > > On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:39 PM, John Carl wrote: > > > Salutations Marsha, > > > > > >> Here are the words of one Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: > >> > >> "Causes and results are infinite in number and variety. Everything > affects > >> everything. In this universe, when one thing changes, everything > changes. > >> Hence the great power of man in changing the world by changing himself." > > > > > > > > Man changing himself sounds as likely as a babe changing its own diapers. > > Can a leopard change its spots? And what is change? Change in patterned > > and unpatterned Quality is continuous and illusory, both at once. If > > anything is illusory, it is this thing called "change". > > > > > > > >> , of course, I think patterns, not things. But this is how I tend to > see > >> improvement in the world happening by Quality decisions. How does one > make > >> quality decisions? By consciously being Quality. > >> > >> > > You seem to think Quality is a good thing, but most people on this forum > > attribute no intrinsic goodness to Quality. That's too idealistic. > > > > Improvement? What is improvement? Why does the world need to improve? > Why > > does a man need to consciously be Quality? What does that even mean? > > Nobody knows. Everything we do and say and share is just words meant to > > make us feel better about the crap we are in. > > > > Maybe I should just go sit on a hot stove for a while till my butt burns. > > Then I can knowingly make a Quality decision to get off and improve the > > world that way. Nothing much else seems to lead anywhere meaningful. > > > > Sigh. > > > > Sorry. > > > > I am in a mood. I should probably not inflict it upon others. > > > > That would probably help the world. > > > > John the misanthropic cheese > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > _____________ > > Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
